Folding infant&#39;s crib



Jan. 27, 1953 J. KURRY FOLDING INFANTS CRIB Filed NOV. 17, 1948 Fig. 3.

Inventor John L. Kurry Patented Jan. 27, 1953 UNITED FOLDING INFANTSCRIB John L. Kurry, Albany, N. Y., assignor of fortynine per cent toStanley E. Trimble, Watervliet,

Application November 17, 1948, Serial No. 60,471

1 Claim. 1

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in foldingcribs for infants and more particularly to an easily portable crib whichmay be placed on a bed, automobile seat, or other temporary supportingstructure to provide a safe and comfortable sleeping accommodation foran infant.

An important object of the invention is to provide a folding crib oflight weight which may be easily carried in a carrying case and set upin position for use without the use of fastening devices of anycharacter.

A further object is to provide a foldable traylike crib including abottom of light weight substantially rigid material and a wall or rim offlexible material and which, when placed on a bed, sofa, or the like,utilizes the bed mattress or sofa cushion as the cushioning means forthe infant occupying the crib.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character ofsimple and practical construction, which is neat and attractive inappearance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise welladapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein likenumerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view with parts shown in section.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken substantially on a line2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken on a line 3-3of Figure 1 and Figure 4 is a perspective view of a carrying case forthe folded crib and with parts shown in section.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, wherein for the purpose ofillustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of my invention,the numeral 5 designates generally a crib 0f traylike constructioncomposed of a head section 6 and foot section 1. Each section includes asubstantially U-shaped bottom 8 of cardboard or similar light weight,semi-rigid material connected to each other at their end portions by aflexible tape 9 to permit folding of the bottoms of the sections againsteach other in back to back relation.

Each section also includes a substantially U-shaped rim 10 formed of aflexible cover ll secured to the bottom 8 at its edges and having a softfiller [2 of suitable material. The ends of the U-shaped rims abut andare closed by a cardboard or other suitable semi-rigid wall l3 securedto the ends of the cover material as shown at M and the rims arereinforced at intervals by means of upstanding transversely positionedwebs or partitions l5 of cardboard or the like placed in the filler andsupported thereby.

The opposed U-shaped bottoms 8 and rims l0 of the head and foot sectionsform a substantially oval-shaped recess [6 in the bottom of which isremovably placed or secured a rubber sheet I! to provide a water-proofprotective cover for the bottom of the crib.

The outer corners of the head and foot sections may be out at an angle,as shown at l8.

In the use of the device, the head and foot sections are set up into ahorizontal position and placed on a bed or other suitable supportingstructure and n infant may then be placed in the recess I6 formed by theabutting rims of the crib sections. The infant lies on the bed with onlythe rubber sheet I! between the infant and the bed to thus protect thebed and to eliminate any hard or uncomfortable surface occupied by theinfant.

The rims will prevent falling of the infant off the bed and thus safelyconfine the infant and the soft material of the filler and covering forthe rims and the curved internal shape of the rims will rotect theinfant from injury.

When the crib is not in use, the head and foot sections are folded backto back and may be placed in and easily carried in a flexible or othercase shown at I9.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of thedevice will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A moredetailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shownand described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same issusceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of theinvention as herein described and the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A folding crib comprising a pair of U-shaped rigid bottom members havingthe ends thereof disposed in registry with each other, means attached tothe registering ends of said bottom members hingedly connecting saidmembers to each other, abutment plates carried by the ends of each ofsaid bottom members, a pair of flexible webs each having the sidesthereof secured to the edges of said U-shaped bottom member, said websbeing looped intermediate the sides thereof and a soft filler interposedbetween said web and said bottom members, the ends of each 5 of saidwebs being secured to said abutment plates.

J GEN L, KURRY.

REFERENCES CITED 10 The following references are of record in the fileof this patent:

Number 4 UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Crandall Feb. 2, 1892 BowkerAug. 25, 1896 Pullman Jan. 12, 1909 Sylvester Mar. 9, 1920 Witmer May22, 1923 Welch Dec. 3, 1929 Abrams Sept. 19, 1933 Brady Feb. 11, 1941

